· Private foundation
The Saunders Foundation Co Shipman & Goodwin
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $79k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LASELL UNIVERSITY | $75,000 |
| WADSWORTH ANTHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART | $65,000 |
| HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $33,500 |
| CONCORA | $15,000 |
| MUSICAL MASTERWORKS | $10,000 |
| THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE & MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART | $10,000 |
| REAL ART WAYS | $5,000 |
| BUSHNELL CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
| PARMA MUSIC FESTIVAL | $3,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW | $1,250 |
| HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,250 |
| HARTFORD HOSPITAL | $1,250 |
| INTERVAL HOUSE | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2025 · $493k · revenue +35%
- HSHARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC8× · 2017–2025 · $223k · revenue +6%
- HSHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC4× · 2017–2021 · $62k · revenue +75%
Funded once
- NFNETWORK FOR NEW MUSICone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +5%
- WFWALKS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $5k
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +94%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.
Central square theater, the oldest female-led theater organization in greater boston, is an innovator in the non-profit arts field in collaborative leadership. cst engages over 35,000 people annually through live performance, rigorous…
To make art enjoyable, inspirational and accessible to the people of new london, new england and beyond. the lyman allyn art museum preserves, enhances, displays and illuminates a collection of fine and decorative arts, held in trust for…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds LASELL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds MUSICAL MASTERWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds Hartford Hospital ↗
- Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds THEATERWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds REAL ART WAYS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds NETWORK FOR NEW MUSIC ↗
- Who funds WALKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds CHRYSALIS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF BREAD INC ↗
- Who funds ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WATKINSON SCHOOL ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Saunders Foundation Co Shipman & Goodwin funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Saunders Foundation Co Shipman & Goodwin. Bigger dots raise more.
- Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
- Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
- The Mark Twain Memorial: 22% of income from government
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
- New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 7% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
- Lasell University: 4% of income from government
- Theaterworks Inc: 3% of income from government
- Hartford Stage Company Inc: 3% of income from government
- Watkinson School: 2% of income from government
- New England Public Media Inc: 0% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
- Hartford Hospital: 0% of income from government
- Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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